EC-LLD! / NEWS the Newsletter for cultivated biodiversity
n° 3 - November 2019

After the "10h Let's Liberate Diversity!"

Why is an European network for on-farm conservation important?
And what are today's seed systems?

"Plants, people and the future of food" the photo exhibition of Italo Rondinella that goes around the European Natural Parks

- EDITORIAL -

Méze, France - From 7th to 9th November 2019 the 10th European Forum “Let’s Liberate Diversity!” took place in France, organized in partnership with the International meeting "Seme ta Resistance".

The gathering was attended by more than 300 people from all over the world (countries of West Africa, Guatemala, Vietnam, Mexico) and EC-LLD! organized the invitation of 14 European associations (countries of Northern Europe, Hungary, Greece, Croatia, and UK plus the internal members).

EC-LLD! coordinated two workshops on "Creating the EU network of on-farm actors and in situ sites: challenges and bottlenecks” and "Defining and designing innovative seed system: defining the boundaries between formal and informal". Obviously, the results were many but in both cases, there was a great desire to share and learn from similar organizations but from different countries.

- COMMUNICATIONS -

DYNAVERSITY - The second annual meeting of the European research project DYNAVERSITY (2017-2020) will take place in Florence on 2 and 3 December. The project aims at networking the actors of the world of conservation and management of genetic resources in-situ and on-farm by fostering the exchange of experiences and knowledge, with a strong emphasis on the social dynamics of the communities involved in these processes. www.dynaversity.eu

FAO International Treaty - What's the ITPGRFA? Here a video that explain it and the documentation of the results of the Eighth Session (November 2019) of the Governing Body.

Rete Semi Rurali (ITA)- Seed Exchange Calendar - As in 2017 and thanks to the initiative of ASCI Piemonte, a shared calendar of next year's seed exchange events organized by the members of the Rete Semi Rurali has been created.

ProSpecieRara (CH): La diversité des plantes cultivées sous pression. À partir de janvier 2020, une nouvelle législation phytosanitaire s'appliquera en Suisse. Article en FR, IT et DE

Scottish Crofting Federation - The Crofters’ Diversity Pays! is a partnership with SCF, Queen Margaret University and SASA (Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture) and mostly crofter-SME partners to test and develop new ideas that will add diversity and value to traditional crofting crops.

Community Seed Banks Project - Do you work/collaborate with a CSB? Do you want technical training that helps your community in the future? Take 2 minutes and fill in the questionnaire in order to CHOOSE your preferences of topics ( IT issues, Technical issues, Legal framework )

CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY

SEEDS STORIES - 90 seconds

What is mixed population? and why is it interesting to test it, produce it and mantain in the field??
Salvatore Ceccarelli, italian agronomist, tells about the history and the birth of the evolutionary population idea. On the evolutionary populations studies began in 1929, in the United States.
Video @formicablu

- EUROPEAN CALENDAR -

# 2019

November 11-17 // Governing Body FAO Treaty, Rome
December 2-3 // DYNAVERSITY Annual Meeting, Florence

# 2020

The 11th annual Oxford Real Farming Conference
22-25 April // 4rd Olympic Seed Festival and the 20th Peliti Seed Festival 2020
May 22th - 24rd // Florence, Italy - 11th European Let’s Liberate Diversity Forum
September 21st - 27th // 20th Organic World Congress 'From its Roots, Organic Inspires Life' Rennes, France

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